News:
New publication: Austrian Exceptionalism in the Financialisation of Housing and Care: A Precarious Interplay of Bulwarks and Conduits. New Political Economy, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2025.2572052 (with Hans Volmary and Leonhard Plank).
Consultation hours: Winter semester 2025:
Thursdays from 11am to 1pm and by appointment(Please always make an appointment by email via: leon.romauch@univie.ac.at)Meetings in person: Room 205
Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/bdz36fcy
Deputy Director of Studies, Social Science Doctoral Programme
Deputy Speaker of the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences (ViDSS)
Academic qualification and previous positions
| 2019 | Habilitation (Venia) in Sociology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena |
|---|---|
| 2017 - 2019 | Senior Researcher; Institute for Sociology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena |
| 2016 | Senior Fellow; Research Group on Postgrowth Societies, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena |
| 2012 - 2017 | Senior Lecturer (Sociology); Middlesex University London |
| 2009 - 2012 | Lecturer (Organisational Change); Queen Mary, University of London |
| 2009 | Certified Translator for English and German in the Social Sciences; Berlin Senate for Education, Youth and Science |
| 2010 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Politics; Birkbeck, University of London |
| 2006 | Master of Research (MRes) in Social and Political Theory; Birkbeck, University of London. |
| 2003 | Master of Science (MSc) in Global Ethics; University of Birmingham |
| 2002 | Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Politics with International Studies; University of Birmingham |
Prizes
Kaethe Leichter Preis fuer Geschlechterforschung
Dowling, E. (Recipient), 2021
Kurt-Rothschild Preis für Wirtschaftspublizistik
Dowling, E. (Recipient), 7 Nov 2023
Arbeitsbedingungen im privaten Autobusbereich in Österreich (AKBUS)
Dowling, E. (Project Lead)
1/06/24 → 31/10/24
Project: Research cooperation
ÖAW-DOC-team-Stipendium für Susanna Azevedo zum Thema "The 'Gut Feeling' of Gatekeepers. Affective Practices in Allocating Housing in Competitive Private Rental Markets", 36 Monate
Azevedo, S. (Co-Lead) & Dowling, E. (Project Lead)
1/12/23 → 30/11/26
Project: Research funding
Daseinsvorsorge 2030: Bedürfnisorientiertes Wirtschaften innerhalb planetarer Grenzen
Dowling, E. (Project Lead)
1/11/23 → 30/06/24
Project: Contract research
Gemeinsam sorgen: Das Potenzial von Care-Räten (CareRat)
Dowling, E. (Project Lead) & Bretschko, S. (Scientific Project Staff)
1/05/23 → 29/02/24
Project: Research funding
Lernen für den Wandel: Erfahrungen und Praktiken emanzipatorischer Bildungsarbeit in der Gewerkschaftsbewegung (EduMove)
Dowling, E. (Project Lead), Angioni, J. (Scientific Project Staff) & Stani, L. (Scientific Project Staff)
17/02/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Research funding
After Globalisation: Fixes to the Care Crisis
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Philo-Bowl: Was heißt hier eigentlich "Caring Society"? (Paneldiskussion)
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Daseinsvorsorge 2030: Gute Grundversorgung für alle innerhalb planetarer Grenzen (Studienvorstellung)
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Sorgende Städte: Ein Rahmen für den Wandel?
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Citizen self-formation: Politische Bildung von unten (respondent)
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
The Future of Research and Policy in Long-term Care (respondent)
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Keine Profite mit der Pflege - Strategien für eine gute Pflege für alle
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Households Dispersed: Strategies for Recombining Care
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Bedürfnisse - Wirtschaft neu ausrichten (Paneldiskussion)
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Care Beyond Crisis: From Privatisation to Solidarity
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Krise als Überforderung: Sorgesysteme zwischen Stagnation und Nachhaltigkeit
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Ein Gesundheitssystem, das nicht sorgen kann?
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Fürsorgebasierte Gesellschaftsmodelle: Welche Anknüpfungspunkte gibt es für Gesundheits- und Sozialberufe
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Transformative Sorgetransformation? Care zwischen Produktivismus und Postwachstum
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Fault-Lines of the Care Crisis
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
A Health System That Cannot Care?
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Global Housing Crisis - Local Responses? (Launch of the Research Center New Social Housing)
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Die Bedeutung des Care-Sektors in der Volkswirtschaft und der Alltagsökonomie
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Sorge(n)volle Zukunft? Überlegungen zur materiellen und ideellen Einbettung von Care im Zuge der Pandemie
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Gender/Space
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Sustainable Careers as Solution to the Care Crisis?
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Care Beyond Crisis (IPW Lecture)
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Considering Care
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Herzensangelegenheiten: Freiwilliges Engagement und der ambivalente Wert nicht-entfremdeter Arbeit
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
The Care Crisis and the Financialisation of Social Care in the UK (Webinar "Social Care in South Korea and the UK" ESRC Research Network)
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Visionen für einen Wohlfahrtsstaat der Zukunft (uniMind - University Meets Industry - Lecture)
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Intersections Conference 2022 "Care and Crisis: Spaces of Performances"
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Antinomies of Care and Control (Seminar 'Who Cares?' In Contemporary Women's Writing and Film)
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Krisen und Grenzen des Kapitalismus (Tagung "Rechtsstaat unter Druck - Perspektiven in der sozialen und ökologischen Krise")
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Tackling the Staffing Crisis in Health and Social Care
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
COVID-19 and the Financialisation of Social Care
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Geschlechterspezifische Aspekte der Daseinsvorsorge
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
The Future of Care
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
The Care Crisis
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
The Care Crisis
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Fixing the Crisis? Care in the Wake of the Pandemic
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Ways Out of the Care Crisis
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Gemeinsam auf Distanz? Teilhabe, Care & Digitalisierung
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Refracting the Household
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Feminist Political Economy Beyond Productivism
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Aufgekündigt? Der Reproduktionsdeal und die Krise der Globalisierung
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Author Meets Critics: The Care Crisis
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Wie die Dynamiken der Care-Krise erklären?
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Tackling Growth Dependency in the Welfare System
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Investing in Care? Private Finance and Social Infrastructures
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Erlesenes Erforschen - Care Krise: Ursachen und Lösungen
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Covid Re-figuring Daily Life and Social Economies: A Pandemic Observatory.
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
The Care Crisis
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Care Municipalism: Exploring the Potentials for Addressing the Care Crisis
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
From Crisis to a New Politics of Care
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
The Care Crisis
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Die Care-Krise in Großbritannien
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Couldn't Care Less - The Permanent Crisis of Care
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Care Inequalities and the Politics of Interdependence
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
The Care Crisis - Emma Dowling in Conversation with Helen Hester
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
7. Barbara Prammer Symposium, Wien
Dowling, E. (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
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